It was pouring rain in the sky, and a light rain fell in the Biyong Pavilion.

This is a key institution of the Great Jin Dynasty, and it is actually dilapidated into this ghost, just like the devastated rivers and mountains of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Grain and military supplies were stacked in a few relatively intact houses, and after Mi Huang personally inspected them, he came to the bottom of the porch, looking at the dark and dreary sky, and his mood was not good.

"The day before yesterday, several Yamen troops stationed in Hanoi County defected." The expression on Mi Huang's face didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

"How many are there?" Shao Xun asked.

"No less than 10,000 people."

"Elite or Soldier?"

"It's kind of able to fight."

Both of them were silent.

In fact, this is also something that Shao Xun has been worried about.

During the reign of Sima Lun, King of Zhao, the Praetorian Guards attacked each other. Last time they were all on the sidelines, but can you guarantee that this time it's still the same?

After the king of Changsha came to power, his first task was to rectify the Praetorian Guard. His movements were very big, and he once personally served as the lieutenant of the Northern Army, and he wanted to completely control the Seventh Army of the Guards and the Yamen Army, which really frightened many people.

But the Luoyang Chinese military system has existed for so many years and has become self-contained, how can it be so easy to change? As a result, there were many people who came and went with the two kings of Chengdu and Hejian, and the Praetorian Guard, which had relatively good combat strength, was in fact split.

Most of the more than 10,000 people who surrendered this time were not the only ones, and the situation can be said to be quite grim.

"It's really frustrating." Shao Xun smiled bitterly: "In this way, the Metropolitan Governor (Sima Yi) is afraid that he can only shrink the front and retreat to Luoyang to hold on." ”

"I'm in trouble." Mi Huang nodded in agreement.

If Sima Yi no longer trusted the troops stationed outside, then he could only order a contraction, withdraw to the vicinity of Luoyang, and put the troops under his nose and strictly guarded them.

But shrinking the front is not without consequences.

First of all, it will hurt morale.

Before the battle, how do you let others perceive it? When outnumbered, this is actually very fatal.

In particular, many scholars do not understand military affairs, and they will only judge the strength or weakness of the army purely by the number of troops, and will not consider the quality of soldiers, the level of equipment, and the degree of elite.

3,000 men is less than 30,000, but sometimes 3,000 elite soldiers can beat a rabble of 30,000 people, and it is not surprising that 10,000 or 20,000 people are captured.

Therefore, it is very foolish to judge the strength of each side purely by the number of soldiers.

But the front does not lie......

You have a problem with this retreat, are you afraid? Is it really impossible to beat?

The second negative effect is that it will lead to the loss of a large number of outlying strongholds.

These locations are not insignificant, and some are very critical, such as transportation nodes, water sources, supply warehouses and even pastures.

Losing these places, relying on Luoyang, a lonely city, I don't know how long I can hold on.

Both of the above are very real difficulties.

Although Mi Huang doesn't know much about military affairs, he can still figure it out. Shao Xun is very familiar with marching and fighting, and he can see it more clearly.

It's kind of tricky.

"Think so much! It's a day after a day. Mi Huang suddenly stomped his feet heavily, ready to leave, before leaving, he turned his head and said: "The people of Kaiyangmen Street, I have asked Sikong to levy more than 1,000 people, and it is not a problem to build walls and fortifications." If the materials are insufficient, it is possible to demolish the house by itself. ”

"No." Shao Xun responded.

He felt more and more that Mi Huang was a good person.

He spoke politely, unlike ordinary scholars who were condescending to him.

People are real, they don't play with you, they are what they should be.

His military ability is indeed weak, and he doesn't often stay in the barracks, but if you have any problems, he will try his best to solve them after he knows about them. The so-called seeking his own government in his position, he tried his best to be responsible for one day on the throne of the lord.

Such people are very good.

"After repairing the exterior walls and buildings, people can't let them go, you and Yang Bao can discuss it." Mi Huang raised his feet and took two steps, and added.

The so-called more than 1,000 people, that is the real people, who speak human words are ordinary people who have no power and no power.

As for the children and family members of wealthy families, there are not many who will stay in Luoyang, and they all went to the suburbs to take refuge. Some of them still walked a long way, and with their servants, they ran to the mountains in the south of Xincheng and Luhun.

If you really can't leave, find a way to live in the inner city, or a few or a dozen families together to watch and help each other.

War, that's what it looks like.

When the rebels come, no one is more noble than the other, and even the wealthy are more likely to be the target of plunder.

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The rest of the month flew by.

As we enter August, the wind is getting tighter and tighter.

Almost every day, troops moved out of the city, and disgraced troops withdrew.

I haven't seen Concubine Pei for a long time. These days, only one royal palace has come over and conveyed some news: in fact, there is nothing special, it is just a little calm and calm.

Shao Xun took the opportunity to ask for a large number of arrows, wound medicine, equipment, food, cloth and other materials, and even asked for a lot of pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

He continued to teach the children and teenagers step by step, so that they could not worry about the outside world and concentrate on their studies.

Of course, training is also essential.

Today everyone is practicing archery.

Shao Xun had been thinking about how to train soldiers.

The soldiers of this era, pikemen are pikemen, except for poking people with guns, other skills are not very good. The sword and shield bearer is the sword and shield hand, and even the archer and crossbowman have special troops - this is called "pure team".

However, the military level continued to evolve with the times, and by the Tang Dynasty, the requirements were very high, and all soldiers had to be able to shoot arrows.

Spears, rifles, and knives are everyone's standard weapons, which means that at worst, you must be proficient in three skills, namely knives, spears, and bows.

In fact, it was far more than that, a standard battalion, and weapons such as long-handled axes, hook and sickles (for cavalry), wooden rafts, crossbows, heavy swords, and swords, which were distributed to some soldiers.

After the Jin crossbowman finishes shooting, then it's all over, and it's nothing to do with you.

After the Tang crossbowmen finished shooting, they had to take the Mo knife and go forward to fight in close combat.

This is known as the "Flower Team".

If you score soldiers, the score of pure team soldiers will be lower, and the score of flower team soldiers will be high, because they will have more skills, they will be more adaptable to the complex and changeable battlefield, they can use weapons when they pick up, and officers can use more tactics.

But the problem is that the cost of training is too high, and they can only be recruited as soldiers. Traditional ploughing and warfare soldiers, they have to be busy with farm work, and they can't get off production, so they can't do it to this extent.

This is a real problem, and it involves the reform of the military system.

In the upcoming battle to defend Luoyang, it is obvious that the advantages of the soldiers of the flower team have been infinitely magnified.

The more complex the environment, the more the soldiers' comprehensiveness and individual combat ability will be tested.

Shao Xun thought about it, and at the level of these people under him, it was too late for them to fully learn knives, swords, guns, axes, lances, and bows, so they could only be realistic and pick the most important thing to learn first: archery.

"That's what about thirty people can shoot arrows." On the temporary arena, Shao Xun looked at the soldiers who were practicing archery repeatedly, and ordered: "Organize them into a separate team, with Li Zhong as the team leader." ”

"No." Li Chong, who was following him, immediately responded.

"Pick four other tall and brave people, come to me and listen to the order, and you will be by——" Speaking of this, Shao Xun looked at Chen Yougen and said, "You are in charge, and you will be the captain." When fighting, if there is a cowardly and fearful of battle, immediately behead him. ”

"No." Chen Yougen said excitedly.

"Let's use the new heavy sword." Shao Xun added.

He liked to use a two-handed weapon like a heavy sword, or a long sword.

This thing evolved from the Mo knife in the Tang Dynasty, and was very popular in the late Tang Dynasty, and all towns had two-handed heavy sword troops, such as the black cloud long sword capital, the left and right long sword army, etc., which were generally elite troops.

The heavy sword is used well, and it is very famous, such as Huainan Zhang Shenjian, Wei Bo Shao Shenjian, etc., and people even forget their original names.

The heavy sword abandoned the defense, opened and closed widely, exchanged wounds for wounds, fought for life, faced the enemy's spear array, and slashed the past with a swing of the heavy sword.

This is a weapon that is perfect for outlaws.

When he was in Pan Yuan, Shao Xun personally instructed the blacksmith to make a two-handed heavy sword.

When Chen Yougen saw it, he liked it very much, so he made two more and carried them by him as a backup - in battle, it is normal for weapons to roll their blades, and it is best to replace them at any time.

After arriving in Luoyang, Mi Huang came forward and found a blacksmith to make ten more.

Shao Xun planned to let Chen Yougen take four tall and burly people with outstanding physical strength as his personal soldiers to supervise the war, and he was given a pair of iron armor, a crossbow machine, and a heavy sword, and followed him all day long.

"The other three teams take time out every day to practice the foot bow." Shao Xun continued to instruct: "I will teach it myself. Remember, you're recruiting. The soldiers have to be busy with farm work all day long, and they will not have a few skills to understand, but they can't be so lax in recruiting soldiers, and they must be worthy of their own share of food. ”

"No." Huang Biao, Zhou Ying, and Zhong Badger responded at the same time.

"Training troops to fight wars, in the final analysis, training is the key." Shao Xun said: "There are always people who pull a group of Ding Zhuang who are requisitioned from the fields, and then hope to win with a clever plan, which is pure gambling. Ladies and gentlemen, even if you have to fight tomorrow, you have to practice hard for me today. After a short rest, after two sticks of incense, let's continue to practice archery. ”

When everyone was resting, Shao Xun came to the children and teenagers of the 123rd team.

They practiced yesterday, and today they are mainly learning cultural knowledge.

When they saw the Duke coming, the young men saluted.

"No need to be polite, good students review their homework." Shao Xun said gently.

He has a relatively good attitude towards these children, although he also whips them during training.

These are the people that the outcasts are missing.

Without reserve cadres, you will not be able to govern the locality. If you can't govern the place, you won't be able to stand on it for a long time.

There is only one person in the traverser, and even if he has any good ideas and ideas, he needs someone to implement them.

A team of reserve cadres that suits their own wishes is the main reason why the will of the traverser can be effectively implemented.

There are a few new teachings in the camp.

With the war imminent, prices are skyrocketing, and many people are without food and clothing, especially ordinary scholars who have no power or power—mainly the children of merchants or local tyrants.

Due to various reasons, they were temporarily unable to return to their hometowns, so in order to make ends meet, they accepted the invitation and came to Biyong to teach the young people to read and write.

This makes Shao Xun's daily time more abundant.

He now only teaches arithmetic and martial arts most of the time, and occasionally teaches "Thousand Character Literature", but he will be deeply involved in the daily management of the teenagers, and Wu Qian is his agent.

There is nothing to be embarrassed to say to people, these teenagers are his greatest capital. In the future, if he has the opportunity, he will open a camp school near the station, personally serve as the principal, and "produce" the seeds of officers and reserve cadres in batches.

The family does have a monopoly on education, and it is precisely because of this that you need to break it.

If you don't have a talent group outside of the family, what else can you do but rely on them?